The Chelsea Hotel has seen a lot of action: Mark Rothko lived there. Sid Vicious killed Nancy Spungen there, Arthur C Clarke wrote 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Dylan Thomas drank himself to death there. Other famous lodgers included Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Leonard Coen, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop, Allan Ginsberg, Edie Sedgewick and Chales Bukowski to name a few... and of course there is the Leonard Coen song recently covered by Lana Del Rey (which despite myself I like)I have been collecting images for the last month of the infamous hotel after finishing one time Chelsea hotel resident Patti Smith's heart wrenching book 'Just Kids', about her friendship and relationship with Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. If you haven't read it, you must. Just like Patti's music, it is well written , raw and honest... I haven't cried so much at the ending of a book for ages :)

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I just finished Patti Smith's book and yes, tears at the end for sure. I have listened to and liked Patti Smith since the early 70's when my best friend's older brother introduced us to her album "Horses". It was great to read about what was going on in her life at that time.

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Hi My name is Gabi and I am a nurse and mother based in Bristol, England. Moon to Moon has become my place to share my passion for chilled out, unfussy homes, hand made and vintage items and slow living.

** most of the pictures I have used have been from pintrest and tumblr, sadly many have no credit. I am slowly working my way through my past posts trying to add sources. If you recognize a picture please please drop me an email, or leave a comment in that post. Cheers Gabi xxx